Clothes hanger



Nov. 22, 1949 R. D. FINNELL CLOTHES HANGER Filed Feb. 27, 1946 FIG. 1.

gwue/nfo c RUSSELL D. Fl NNELL Patented Nov. 22, 1949 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to clothes hangers and more particularly to hangersfor coats having' clamping means thereon to support trousers, slacks,ladies skirts and the like in vertical position The object of myinvention is toprovide an improved clothes hanger supporting coats,trousers, slacks, skirts and the like in such a manner that garmentshung on this improved hanger will keep their shape better and longer,thereby saving time and money.

Other objects of my invention, may appear in the following specificationdescribing my invention with reference to the accompanying drawingillustrating a preferred embodiment thereof. It is, however, to beunderstood that my invention is not to be limited or restricted to theexact construction and combination of parts described in thespecification and shown in the drawing but that such changes andmodifications can be made which fall within the scope of the claimsappended hereto.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the clothes hanger according to myinvention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary end View of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 in Figure 1, showing thehanger in open position ready to receive a pair of trousers therein. V

Figure l is a fragmentary front elevation of the clothes hangeraccording to my invention having a modified form of shoulder padsthereon.

Figure 5 is an end View of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a Sectional View taken on line 66 in Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the use of a light metalchannel as a coat base.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective View of the clothes hanger shownin Figure 1 with a pair of trousers supported by the hanger, and

Figure 9 is a detail showing the blank used to form the modifiedshoulder pad shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6.

Referring now in detail to the drawing the hanger has a coat base I0made of any suitable stifi' material such as steel, aluminum, wood orplastic. It may be made in various lengths to fit coats of difierentsizes. It is substantially rectangular but the portions supporting theshoulders of a coat are rounded and provided with shoulder pads II madefrom cardboard or any other suitable material. Two elongated openings I2are provided in the coat base l0 adjacent its upper ed e and its curvedshoulder portions.

Al garment hanger is supported in. the openings I2 of the base ID, thegarment hanger being made from one continuous piece of wire in thefollowing manner: A hook I3 is formed having a downward extending neckI4. From the end of the neck the wire extends laterally and downwardlyforming a sloping side member l5. Then the wire extends straight down toprovide a straight standing member as shown at I6, the wire from thelower end of the standing member I6 then sloping forwardly anddownwardly to form a sloping supporting leg. The wire from the lower endof the supporting leg then extends through one of the openings I2 in thecoat base ID from the rear to the front of the latter and thence is benthorizontally to extend toward and adjacent to the other of the openingsI2 in the coat base III to form clamping member I 1. The wire from theclamping member I1 adjacent the other of the openings I2 in the coatbase I0 extends through the latter-named opening from the front'to therear of the coat base and then slopes rearwardly and upwardly to form asecond supporting leg, as shown at I 8. The wire from the upper end ofthe second supporting leg I8 extends straight upwardly to provide asecond straight standing member, as shown at I9. The wire from the upperend of the second straight standing member I9 extends upwardly andinwardly to form a second sloping side member 20, the end of the wirefrom the upper end of the sloping side member 20 being then twistedaround the neck I4, as shown at 2| in Figure 1.

In order to suspend a pair of trousers or the like on the hanger thewire portion is shoved downwardly through the openings I2 in the coatbase I0 so that the straight downwardly extending wire portion I6 and I9will be in the position shown in Figure 3 creating a comparatively wideopen space between the coat base I0 and the clamping member I1 intowhich the cufls of a pair of trousers 22 can be inserted easily. Thenthe wire portion is pulled back into normal position so that theclamping member I1 will engage the cufis of the trousers forcing themagainst the front surface of the coat base I 0. This front surface isroughened as shown at 23 in Figure 1 decreasing the possibility that thetrousers may slip out of the clamping support of the hanger. The weightof the trousers will exert a downward pull on the clamping member I1which will result in a tighter clamping force between the member I1 andthe coat base I0 on account of the shape of the wire portion of thehanger.

The coat hanger may be further improved by attaching the modifiedshoulder pads 24 shown .3 in Figures 4, and 6 onto the coat base In.This pad is preferably made from a cardboard blank of elongatedsymmetrical octagon shape as shown in Figure 9. Adjacent each of itstransverse edges a hole 25 is provided on its longitudinal center line.Intermediate these two holes the cardboard blank is slotted lengthwiseand crosswise to form two adjacent tongs 26 which are turned down sothat the rounded shoulder portion of the coat base can be receivedbetween them. The ends of the blank are rolled under and a rivet 21extending through the holes 25 in the pad blank and through the coatbase holds the pad in place. The tongs 26 are arranged so that therearward portion of the pads will be larger than the forward portion asclearly shown in thedrawing. When a coat is hung on the hangerthe weightof the coat will urge the pads 24 into the shoulders to support the coatin the position in which it is worn.

To provide a stronger hanger the coat base can be formed from alightweight metal channel' 28 as shown in Figure '7 on which Shoulderpads 29 are fastened.

. Having described my invention I claim as new and desireto secure byLetters Patent:

1. In a clothes hanger, the combination with a coat-supporting basehaving rounded upper corners; there being atleast two openings spacedfrom each otherextending through said coat base, of a garmenthangersupported in the openings of said base, said-garment hanger beingformed.

from a single length of wire and having the upper end terminating in ahook, said'wire extending downward from the hook to provide a neck, the'wire from the lower end of the neck then extending laterallyand-downwardly to form a sloping side member, the wire from the lowerend of said sloping side member then extending straight downwardly toprovide a straight standing member, the wirefromthe lower end-of saidstand-- ing member then sloping forwardly-and down-- wardly to form asloping supporting leg, the wire from the lower end of said supportingleg then extending through one of the openings in the coat base from-therear to the front of the latter and thence being bent horizontally toextend toward and adjacent to the other opening in the coat base to forma clamping member, the wire from the clamping member adjacent the otheropening in the coat base then extending through the latter-named openingfrom the front'to the rear of the coat base and then sloping rearwardlyand upwardly to form a second sloping supporting leg, the wirefrom theupper end of said second supporting leg then extending straight upwardlyto provide a second straight standingmember, the wire from the upper endof said standing member then extending upwardly and-inwardly to form asecond sloping side member, the wire from the upper end of said secondside member being then twisted about said neck.

2. In a clothes hanger, the combination with a coat-supporting basehaving rounded upper corners, there being at least two openings spacedfrom each other extending through said base, of a garment hangersupported in the openings of said base, said garment hanger being formedfrom a single length of wire and having the upper end terminating in ahook, said wire extending downward from the hook to provide a neck, thewirefrom'the lower end of; the neck then extendinglaterally'and'downwardly to form a sloping side member, the wire fromthe lower end of said sloping side member then extending straightdownwardly to provide a straight standing member, the wire from thelower end of said standing member then sloping forwardly and downwardlyto form a sloping supporting leg, the wire from the lower end of saidsupporting leg then extending:thro.ugh one of the openings in the coatbase from the rear to the front of the latter and thence beingbent-horizontallyto extend toward and adjacent to the other opening inthe coat base to form aclamping member, the wire from the clampingmember adjacentthe other opening in the coat base then extending throughthe latternamed-opening from. the front to the rear of the coat base andthen sloping rearwardly and upwardly toform a second slopingsupportingleg,,the wirefrom the upper endof said second supporting leg, thenextending straight upwardly to provide a second straight standing.member, the wire from. the. upper end of, said standing memberthenextending upwardly and inwardly to forma second sloping, sidemember, the wire from the upper endofisaid second. side member.beingthentwisted about said neck, the openings in said-coat base; beingof asize such that the coat base-normally tends to lowerb'y gravity uponthev supporting legs of thegarment hanger, wherebyeagarmentimay beclamped between the coat baseand theclamping member of. the garmenthanger.

RUSSELL D..FINNELL.

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